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Drawings, anatomy of the Papilio brassicae, Bombus terrestris, Phalaena vinula, and Papilio urticae by G [George] Newport

Reference number: PT/74/3/25

Date: 1836

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Plate 36, figures 1-7 showing the tracheal vessel of the larva of Papilio brassicae [Pieris brassicae; cabbage butterfly]; the respiratory organs of the Bombus terrestris [buff-tailed bumblebee]; the colon and caecum of the Phalaena vinula [Cerura vinula; puss moth]; and the antennae and spiracles of the Papilio urticae [small tortoiseshell]. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in graphite bottom left 'G. Newport. del.' The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology / Entomology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the respiration of insects' by George Newport.

Received and read to the Royal Society on 16 June 1836.

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PT/74/3/25
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1836
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Graphite on paper
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1 page
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Drawing

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George Newport, Drawings, anatomy of the Papilio brassicae, Bombus terrestris, Phalaena vinula, and Papilio urticae by G [George] Newport, 1836, PT/74/3/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_3_25/drawings-anatomy-of-the-papilio-brassicae-bombus-terrestris-phalaena-vinula-and-papilio-urticae-by-g-george-newport, accessed on 14 May 2026

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